Mystic Theurge (Apath)

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Mystic theurges place no boundaries on their magical abilities and find no irreconcilable paradox in devotion to the arcane as well as the divine. They seek magic in all of its forms, finding no reason or logic in denying themselves instruction by limiting their knowledge to one stifling paradigm, though many are simply hungry for limitless power. No matter what their motivations, mystic theurges believe that perception is reality, and through the divine forces and astral energies of the multiverse, that perception can be used to manipulate and control not only the nature of this reality, but destiny itself.

Class Information

This is a merged prestige class.

Prestige Class: mystic theurge.

Build Classes: cleric, wizard.

Role: The mystic theurge is a powerful component for any party, supplying magic for attack, defense, and healing. Mystic theurges travel the world in search of arcane and holy artifacts, magical lore, or divine revelations, and most have no qualms about teaming up with groups of adventurers so long as that group's goals do not directly conflict with their own.

Alignment: The motivations of a mystic theurge rarely stem from a sense of altruism or philanthropy, so most tend to be neutral, neutral good, or neutral evil. Lawful mystic theurges, whether good, neutral, or evil, are rarer, and often use their powers for either the benefit—or control—of society. Chaotic mystic theurges are rarer still, as the calling generally requires great personal discipline.

Hit Die: d6.

Class Skills

The mystic theurge's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Fly (Dex), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (all) (Int), Linguistics (Int), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), and Spellcraft (Int).

Skill Ranks at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier.

Class Abilities

Spells

A mystic theurge casts divine spells which are drawn from the cleric spell list and arcane spells drawn from the sorcerer/wizard spell list. The two have separate pools of spells per day, but both can be prepared in the same one-hour spell preparation period.

A mystic theurge is both an arcane and a divine spellcaster, and can use both arcane and divine spell trigger and spell completion items as long as the spell appear on either the cleric or sorcerer/wizard spell list. Even tough a mystic theurge can never learn to prepare or cast the 9th level spells of either the cleric or sorcerer/wizard, those spells are still considered to be on his class spell list and he can use spell trigger and spell completion items based on those spells.

Divine Spells

A mystic theurge casts divine spells which are drawn from the cleric spell list. Her alignment, however, may restrict her from casting certain spells opposed to her moral or ethical beliefs; see Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells. A mystic theurge must choose and prepare her spells in advance.

To prepare or cast a spell, a mystic theurge must have a Wisdom score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a mystic theurge's spell is 10 + the spell level + the mystic theurge's Wisdom modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a mystic theurge can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on Table: Mystic Theurge. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high Wisdom score (see Table: Ability Modifiers and Bonus Spells).

Mystic theurges meditate or pray for divine spells from the cleric spell list. Each mystic theurge must choose a time at which she must spend 1 hour each day in quiet contemplation or supplication to regain her daily allotment of divine spells. Time spent resting has no effect on whether a mystic theurge can prepare spells. A mystic theurge may prepare and cast any spell on the cleric spell list, provided that she can cast spells of that level, but she must choose which spells to prepare during her daily meditation.

Her alignment, however, may restrict her from casting certain spells opposed to her moral or ethical beliefs; see Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells. A mystic theurge must choose and prepare her spells in advance.

To prepare or cast a spell, a mystic theurge must have a Wisdom score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a mystic theurge's spell is 10 + the spell level + the mystic theurge's Wisdom modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a mystic theurge can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on Table: Mystic theurge. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high Wisdom score (see Table: Ability Modifiers and Bonus Spells).

Arcane Spells

A mystic theurge casts arcane spells drawn from the sorcerer/wizard spell list. A mystic theurge must choose and prepare his spells ahead of time.

To learn, prepare, or cast a spell, the mystic theurge must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a mystic theurge's wizard spell is 10 + the spell level + the mystic theurge's Intelligence modifier.

A mystic theurge can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. His base daily spell allotment is given on Table: Mystic theurge. In addition, he receives bonus spells per day if he has a high Intelligence score (see Table: Ability Modifiers and Bonus Spells).

A mystic theurge may know any number of spells. He must choose and prepare his spells ahead of time by getting 8 hours of sleep and spending 1 hour studying his spellbook. While studying, the mystic theurge decides which spells to prepare.

Starting Spells: A mystic theurge begins play with a spellbook containing all 0-level wizard spells (except those from his opposed schools, if any; see school bond below) plus three 1st-level spells of his choice. The mystic theurge also selects a number of additional 1st-level spells equal to his Intelligence modifier to add to the spellbook. At any time, a mystic theurge can also add spells found in other spellbooks to his own (see Magic).

Spells Gained at a New Level: Mystic theurges perform a certain amount of spell research between adventures. Each time a character attains a new mystic theurge level, he gains two spells of his choice to add to his spellbook. The two free spells must be of spell levels he can cast. If he has chosen to specialize in a school of magic, one of the two free spells must be from his specialty school.

Aura (Ex)

A mystic theurge of a chaotic, evil, good, or lawful deity has a particularly powerful aura corresponding to the deity's alignment (see detect evil for details).

Cantrips and Orisons

Mystic theurges prepare a number of cantrips and orisons, or 0-level spells, as noted on Table: Mystic Theurge. This limit applies separately to cantrips and orisons, giving the mystic theurge two sets of level zero spells each day. These spells are picked from the cleric or sorcerer/wizard spell lists respectively and are cast like any other spell, but they do not consume any slots and may be used again.

Mystic Ties

At first level, a mystic theurge must choose his mystic ties. Each choice confers certain class abilities of the cleric or wizard class. Mystic theurges use these abilities as if they were clerics and wizards of their mystic theurge level.

1. Mystic Bond: The mystic theurge gains the arcane bond ability of the wizard. If choosing a bonded object, the object can be a holy symbol in addition to the other choices, and in addition to its normal benefits, it can be used to cast any one spell from the cleric spell list per day as long as that spell is of a level the mystic theurge can cast. If the mystic theurge picks a familiar, he gains Improved Familiar as a bonus feat at 7th level.
2. Mystic Channel: The mystic theurge gains the channel energy and spontaneous casting abilities of the cleric.
3. Mystic Domain: The mystic theurge gains the domains of the cleric. He has one domain spell slot per level that is strictly for domain spells. Domain spells are divine spells.
4. Mystic School: The mystic theurge gains the arcane school ability of the wizard.

Spell Synthesis (Su)

At 15th level, a mystic theurge can cast two spells, one from each of his spellcasting classes, using one action. Both of the spells must have the same casting time. The mystic theurge can make any decisions concerning the spells independently. Any target affected by both of the spells takes a –2 penalty on saves made against each spell. The mystic theurge receives a +2 bonus on caster level checks made to overcome spell resistance with these two spells. A mystic theurge may use this ability once per day. At level 20. he can use it two times per day.

Table: Mystic Theurge

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special	Spells per Day
						0	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
1st	+0	+0	+0	+2	Aura, cantrips & orisons, mystic ties	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+1	+0	+0	+3		4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	+1	+1	+1	+3		4	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
4th	+2	+1	+1	+4		4	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
5th	+2	+1	+1	+4		4	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
6th	+3	+2	+2	+5		4	3	2	1	—	—	—	—	—
7th	+3	+2	+2	+5		4	3	3	1	—	—	—	—	—
8th	+4	+2	+2	+6		4	3	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
9th	+4	+3	+3	+6		4	4	3	2	1	—	—	—	—
10th	+5	+3	+3	+7		4	4	3	3	1	—	—	—	—
11th	+5	+3	+3	+7		4	4	3	3	2	—	—	—	—
12th	+6/+1	+4	+4	+8		4	4	4	3	2	1	—	—	—
13th	+6/+1	+4	+4	+8		4	4	4	3	3	1	—	—	—
14th	+7/+2	+4	+4	+9		4	4	4	3	3	2	—	—	—
15th	+7/+2	+5	+5	+9		4	4	4	4	3	2	1	—	—
16th	+8/+3	+5	+5	+10		4	4	4	4	3	3	1	—	—
17th	+8/+3	+5	+5	+10		4	4	4	4	3	3	2	—	—
18th	+9/+4	+6	+6	+11		4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	—
19th	+9/+4	+6	+6	+11		4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	—
20th	+10/+5	+6	+6	+12	Spell synthesis	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	1